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How Performance Metrics Work

The following sections describe the metrics that the management console uses to rate application performance. If the application is WAN-optimized by Cisco WAAS or Riverbed Steelhead, not all the performance metrics apply to the Client, WAN, and Server segments.

The management console calculates the following metrics from a standard TCP transaction:

• Network Metrics
• Server Metrics
• Combined Metrics